Honeycomb-cutter.



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PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

w. J. YOUNG.

HONEYGOMB CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 5 1906 -To all whom it may concern:

srarns PATEN OFFICE,

YOUNG, or UTUADO, PORTO Rico.

HONEYCOMB-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed February 5, 190a. Serial No. 299,665.

Be it known that I, WILLAMETTE JUAN YOUNG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Utuado, Island of Porto Rico, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Honeycomb-Gutters, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to a device particularly adapted for use in cuttinghoneycomb 1n shape for storing or packing in cans, jars, and otherreceptacles whereby it is put on the market for disposal to consumers,one of the objects being to provide a device of the character describedthat shall be simple and.

comparatively inexpensive in construction, durable, easy and effectivein operation, and whereby comparatively small cakes of honey may bereadily cut from large combs and transmitted to a receptacle adapted toreceive them. i

The well-known method of marketing comb honey is by means of sections orboxes in which the comb is built and the honey stored; but forconvenience in marketing the surplus stored in the body of the hive andby the removal of such surplus to increase the production it has beenfound that round or square cakes cut fromthe large combs and placed inglass jars or cans are desirable and easily marketed, hence thenecessity for a device of the kind hereinafter described, illustrated,and finally claimed.

In the drawings acoom an fication and made a art ereof, 1 is aperspective view 0 my complete device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, andFig. 3 is a de ta' of the ejector.

1 designates a body portion having its lower edge sharpened to form acuttingblade, said body being composed of tin or other suitable sheetmetal, beveled, as shown at 2, to leave a sharp cutting-ed e designedfor engagement with the materia to be cut. Mounted bn the cutter, whichhas aclosed top 3, is a frame or handle 4.

.5 designates a tube composed, preferably, of the same material as thehandle 4 and the cutter 1. Withinthis tube is arranged a spiral or coilspring 6, the lower end of which rests on a'seat 7, formed by cuttingaway comb desired tobe cut and this specilower end and which enga es thehoneycomb and serves to ush it i rom the cutter into a can, jar, or 0ter receptacle 10. The upper end of the ejector-rod 8 is enlarged,leaving a suitable shoulder 11, against which the upper end of'thespring 6 bears. This enlarged portion of said rod is provided with agroove 12, in which rests a laterally-projecting lug .13, formed bycuttin away a ortion of the upper end of the tu e 5,'said ug serving toretain the ejector-rod securely in position. For the purposes ofconvenience in handling I provide the upper end of the ejector-rod witha knob .14. y

In operation thecutter 1 is placed over the ressed down by means ofthehandle 4. er the cutter has gone completely thro h the comb 1t 1sremoved and the cake of frictionally retained in the cutter. The cutteris then placed over the can, jar, or other receptac honey, and theejector 9 is forced downward against the cake thro h the medium of therod 11, which bears agalnst the tension of they spring 6L As soon as thecake leaves the cutter 1 theejector rod is released and 1nstantlyreturned to its normal position through the tension of said spring.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1sl A device of thecharacter-described comprising a body having a cutting edge around itsopen bottom, a-stationary handle-frame from and extending across the topof said ody, a centrally-disposed tube extending through and connectingthe cross portion of said handle-frame and the top of sa1d body, saidtube having in its lower portlon the 1ntegral guide and sto lugs 7formed by cutting portions of said tu e and bending the same inwardly,said tube also having at its upper end the integral, inwardly-bent, deand stop lug 13, a plunger-rod slidab e m sa1d tube and rojecting out ofthe top thereof, said rod' aving its upper portion formed with alongitudinal groove to receive sa1d lug 13 for preventing rotarymovement of said rod and limiting its slid' movement, the lower portion0 said rod ei reduced to provide the shoulder 11 and to s 'de betweensaid lugs 7, a plungeror ejector head remov-.

ably secured u on the lower reduced end of said rod and shdable in saidbody, a knob 01 oney out out is e adapted to receive the" 5 for holdingsaid plunger or ejector normally handle upon the upper end of said rod,and a 5 In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my coil-spring in saidtube surrounding the resignature in presence of two witnesses.

duced portion of said rod and-confined between the shoulder 11 thereonand said lugs 7 W WILLAMETTE JUAN YOUNG itnesses:

J. R. BUTERBAUGH, B. E. BUTERBAUGH.

in the top of said body, substantially as shown and for the purpose setforth.

